Corn pad



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CORN PAD" Filed Feb. 3, 1949 Fig. 2 56 Fig. 5.

William M. Gone In veulor Patented Apr. 11, 1950 UNITED'FFFSTATES PATENTorrios Wiiliam M. .Cor i e, Atlanta, Ga, assignor or onejthiidto Lois D.Cone, Atlanta, Ga.

Application February 3, 1949 Serial No; 745308:

This invention relates to a corn pad of novel construction and design-tobe employed as an inside pad, the primary purpose of which is to re=ceive and cushion corns on the toes and webs of the foot.

An important object of this invention is to provide a corn pad ofparticular design and construction which will cradle and elevateslightly one'of the toes to prevent friction between joints and frictionbetween adjacent corns while the corns are properly received in andcushioned by the pads.

A further object of this invention is to provide a corn pad of thecharacter described which is fabricated of a porous resilient material,such as air foam rubber, which allows the free circulation of airbetween the toes further helping to cure the corn and also assisting inthe treatment of cracks and fissures in the web of the toes caused byathletes foot or other fungus growths.

The applicant is aware of the existence of corn pads having elongatedgrooves on the opposite side walls of the pad for cradling and elevatingadjacent toes. These pads are used merely as separators and allow theadjacent joints or adjacent corns of the toes to stay exactly oppositeeach other even though they remain elevated.

Thus, the adjacent joints or adjacent corns. will still rub against eachother despite thesepads if the shoe is somewhat tight. The device of theinstant invention provides a pad in the form of an elongated body havingspaced longitudinal walls, only one side of which includes an elongatedgroove, the other side remaining planar or flat. This constructionpermits only one of the toes to be slightly elevated and cradled whilethe toe adjacent the flat side remains depressed and rests upon theinner sole of the shoe. Thus, any possible friction between adjacentjoints or adjacent corns is eliminated because these joints or corns areout of alignment.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will later become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of whichhas been illustrated, by way of example only, in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the corn pads of the instant inventionas applied between toes of a foot;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the device asshown in Figure 1, the foot being received in a shoe shown in section;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of one modiflcation of the corn pad;

. a 2 'Figure is a sectional view takensubstantially oii the plane ofsection line 4-4 of Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a side elevational view. of another modification of the cornpad.

Specific reference. will now be made to the drawings. In the. severalviews, in the accom panying drawings and inthe following specification',similar reference charactersindicate cor-'- responding elementsthroughout.

Indicated generally at I0 is a foot having the usual toes l2 separatedby webs I4. The corn pads 16 of the instant invention are, as shownclearly in Figures 1 and 2, interposable between adjacent toes i8 and 20and 22 and 24.

Whenever a corn found in a web l4 of the foot is to be treated, theconstruction and design of the corn pad shown in Figure 5 is employed.This consists of an elongated body of resilient porous material, such asair foam rubber having longitudinally extending spaced sides 26 and 28having a rear face 30 and a front face 32 arouated to conform to the toeportion of a shoe 34. The side 26 of the elongated body is provided withan elongated groove 36, preferably concaved, for cradling the toe l8. Aswill be seen clearly from Figure 2, when the toe I8 is cradled, it isslightly elevated from the inner sole 38 of the shoe. The rear face 30of the elongated body I6 is further provided with a vertical groove 40,preferably concaved, for receiving and cushioning the corn (not shown)found in the web portion [4 of the foot 10. Thus, it will be seen thatwhile the toe I8 is slightly elevated from the inner sole 38, theadjacent toe 20 abutting the planar or flat opposite side 28 of theelongated body is depressed and rests upon the inner sole 38. In such aposition, the adjacent joints of the toes l8 and 20 are prevented fromrubbing against each other no matter how tight the shoe 34 fits aboutthe foot Ill.

The modified corn pad shown at 42 is employed in conjunction with corns44 on the sides of the toes and is similar in construction and design tothe corn pad Hi. This modified corn pad consists also of an elongatedresilient porous body having spaced longitudinal sides 46 and 48, a rearface 50 and a front arouated face 52 shaped to conform to the innercontour of the toe portion of the shoe 34.

The rear face 50 of the body 42 is further provided with a verticalgroove 54, preferably concave, for receiving either a corn in the web Mof the foot or for receiving the web itself. One side 46 of the bodyincludes a longitudinal groove 56 for cradling and elevating the toe 22having the com 44 thereon. For receiving and cushioning the com 44itself, the body 42 is provided with a transversely extending bore oraperture 58. Thus, it will be seen that the toe 22 is elevated slightlyfrom the inner sole 38 of the shoe while the toe 24 abutting the planaror flat side 48 remains depressed and rests upon the inner sole. In thisposition, adjacent joints or cums on the toes 22 and 24 cannot possiblyrub against eachvother no matter how tight the shoe is about the toes.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawingsit is believed that a clear understanding of theae-' vice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described 'and within the scope of, the appendedclaims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An inside corn pad-interposable between the toes comprising anelongated porous resilient body having spaced longitudinal sides and alongitudinal groove in one of said sides for cradling gitudinal groovein one of said sides for cradling and elevating the toe having a cornthereon to prevent friction of the corn with a corn on an adjacent toe,and a vertical groove at the rear of said. body for receiving andcushioning a corn in the. web between the toes, said body' having a.transverse aperture therethrough for receiving and cushioning the corn.

WILLIAM M. CONE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,930,413 Bruel Oct. 10, 19332,069,034 Hicks Jan. 26, 1937

